H.R. 6038 119th Congress House

Improving Veteran Access to Care Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an integrated project team to improve the process for scheduling appointments for health care from the… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish an integrated project team to improve the process for scheduling appointments for health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 12, 2025 Introduced by: Ryan Mackenzie Republican · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov

Armed Forces and National Security

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

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Became law

Nov 20, 2025

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Nov 12, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Nov 12, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Related & companion bills 2

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Health Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Veterans' Affairs Committee
Veterans' Affairs Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 7

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
for PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
for PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
for DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
for MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA · Virginia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
7 filings
SENATE
7 filings
Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
7 filings
Veterans Employment & Training Service
7 filings
Defense, Dept of (DOD)
5 filings
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
5 filings
Small Business Administration (SBA)
4 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Kiggans, Jennifer A.

Virginia · Nov 12, 2025

Pappas, Chris

New Hampshire · Nov 12, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6038: Improving Veteran Access to Care Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6038/

MLA

"H.R. 6038: Improving Veteran Access to Care Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6038/.

Bluebook (legal)

H.R. 6038, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6038/.

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